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Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/iceland-temple-norse-gods-1000-years ^
| February 3, 2015
Posted on 02/02/2015 7:00:08 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age. Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.
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KEYWORDS: faithandphilosophy; gods; godsgravesglyphs; iceland; neopaganism; norse; ohsomysteriouso; pagan; paganism; pagans; temple
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To: MeshugeMikey
Yeah.
Good idea.
Not.
I respect the atheists more.
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:01:38 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
To: MeshugeMikey
Will they be serving SPAM?
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:01:58 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: ifinnegan
“....celand’s neo-pagans still celebrate the ancient sacrificial ritual of Blot ....”
would that be...INK BLOT..
blot indeed!
Thanks
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:02:33 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
About as bad as building a mosque.
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:02:54 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: left that other site
Based on “Vikings” on the History Channel, I’m wondering if they will have that annual human sacrifice.
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:02:59 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: left that other site
they have a ritual called BLOT...so somehow I ‘m thinking that Spam ...might fit right into their plans
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:03:38 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:04:58 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushes)
To: 353FMG
they are similarly “spiritually” bent...but thankfully they dont seem to officially adhere to beheadings and the like...at least not in the 21st century
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:05:06 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Joke’s on them, the Vikings didn’t use temples.
To: MeshugeMikey
Blot blood rites varied, often horsies and pigs but...
the Danish version on Zealand, at least, reportedly included 99 human sacrifices
....
progress?
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:06:54 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
To: MeshugeMikey
Probably good for tourism.
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:07:16 PM PST
by
conejo99
To: MeshugeMikey; Publius
Bloody Vikings!
They probably pillaged a few of my ancestors’ villages, and thus, the blue-eyed Inuit!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
So don’t go where the huskies go
LOL.
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:07:23 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Publius
To: MeshugeMikey
Money down the drain, stimulus Icelandic style.
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:08:16 PM PST
by
Fungi
(Evolution is piece by piece over billions of years. At what point did a precursor become a human?)
To: aberaussie; Aeronaut; aliquando; AlternateViewpoint; AnalogReigns; Archie Bunker on steroids; ...
OK, this one is a bit of a stretch, but since so many North American Lutherans have Scandnavian roots, I'm doing it:
Lutheran Ping!
Christ is in our midst!
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:08:46 PM PST
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: left that other site
ahahahah Africa and Asia..have Panther Whizz....and well you know the rest
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:08:56 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Fungi
I wonder if its allegedly sustainable?..../
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:09:24 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: faithhopecharity
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:10:00 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: All
+Ansgar, Apostle to the Norse, deliver us from the neoPagans!
(Feast Day February 3)
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posted on
02/02/2015 7:10:03 PM PST
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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